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It's interesting that you think there's a distinction to be made between the methods of philosophy and math, as opposed to their subject matters.
So are you suggesting their differences in success has to do with subject matter?
Yes.
I don't doubt that might be the ultimate cause, as different methods are amenable to different subject matters. But that does not affect the inference I want to draw here, that in doing abstract reasoning, one has to hold oneself to a ridiculously high standard of precision and rigor.